Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-17
returned TO their western homes instead OF con-
tinuing on their journey to the East
TEE ENGINEER RIsKED HIS LIFE TO SAVE rHE PAS


Theodore Stella, a clerk In Mueden's grocery
store, opposite the Y, heard the train coming HIS
attention was attracted TO It by the whistle and
bell He ran to the front street just In time to see
the train entering the Y. The engineer was on
box and risEed his own life In endeavoring to save
the lives OF the passengers When the crash came
the engineer went underneath and caught most Of
the escaping steam. The fourth or NTH car on the
train struck the tower, and as IL did Baxter, the
operator, jumped from the third-story window.
ssAI railroad man an says: Tns s1sineer Ar Bro
was blowing from the lubricator into his face He
was taken TO a house near by, and died about 8
on the road, having been In the employ OF the
company over twenty I'VE years, and was regarded
as one Of the most careful He was single man,
1t was stated at the station-house by two ladies
that he intended in a short time to retire and
marry young lady OF this city.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
The fireman, j. II. Smith, Who Just before the
crash. jumped Oh, had his collar bone broken and
was severely hurt about his legs He was sent to
Providence Hospital.
Mr. C. d. Morrison, of Philadelphla. was badly
hurt in the back and limbs. Mrs. Perry, OF No. IS
went over and finding Mr. Morrison sitting down,
had him conveyed to her house where DR.. Bond
attended him, and he was afterward sent to the
hospital. Mr.. Morrison was on his way home to
Cincinnati.
A. II. Thomas a Baltimore and Ohio Express
messenger, living at A2s 18th street southwest,
was caught in the debris, and was hurt in both
legs and head. The boxes OF eggs and cOops OF
chickens were bursted, and he was SO covered
with eggs and feathers as to be almost unrecog-
There were on the car from Cincinnati Mr.. Loch-
myer, VIM. Buch, Mrs. Buch and F. j. Fuchs, all
more to Germany at noon to-day, ana all OF them
We're badly hurt, and were taken to schafhirt's
drug store. Mr.. Lochmyer was cut in the face and
about the eyes, and when DR.. Bond had attended
him he insisted on going back to look for his bag
gage. Mr. Buch was badly injured, three bad
cuts on the head, hurt in the spine and shoulder
blade, and severely cut by glass on arms and
wrists. Mrs. Buch was so anxious to attend her
husband that she said nothing about her own In.
5uries, which were severe bruises, until on her
was cut about the knee and ANGLE. Carl Cook had
his back injured and leg cut badly.
st e. x Robinson brakeman on the train, was
accident occurred. His hand was cut and he was
badly shaken up.
w VIM H. Bradford, who lives near Lynchburg, Va,
MIS- Lockarlya Brozowska, widow from Chi
cago, on her way to Germany, was caught between
two broken timbers Her head was cut In two
places and she was badly shaken up.
THE STORY OF BAXTER, THE OPERATOR.
j. W. Baxter, the night operator at the tower,
was on duty on the third floor, and was getting
ready to be relieved from duty. He heard the en-
gineer whistling down the brakes and ringing the
oeli and thought there was some trouble. He
Ing at lightning speed on the "Y." He made up
his mind that something terrible was about 70
happen. and as the train struck the tower he
made leap Tor Life, jumping from the third
story. He Jumped with the building and was
struck on the head with falling brick. He was
also bruised about the body and badly shaken up
he was removed TO his home No. 10 I'd street
northeast, where he was attended by DR.. Adams
who did not think his injuries would prove fatal
THE NEwsBOY's ACCOUNT OF IT.
W. W. Setley, the newsbOy on the train. said to
STAR reporter that he was sitting on the front
end OF the smoker when the accident occurred
He SAID he heard the engineer whistle down the
alr-brakes The conductor and brakeman put
down the hand brakes but the air-brakeS failed
to work. When the air-brakes failed the train
began increasing its speed on the down grade and
was running at almost lightning speed when the
accident occurred A few seconds before the ac-
cdent occurred one OF the passengers spoke OF the
faSt rate OF speed ut which the train was running
remarktng that it had been going slow all night.
When the crash came, Setley was thrown from his
seat and his legs were covered with broken tim
berS and mortar, and one OF the car seats fell
across his neck. The seat, he said, was removed,
he Thought. oy one OF the passengers, and he man.
aged to crawl from beneath the mass OF ruins He
then found that his leg had been sprained. He
lives at No. 40 Montgomery avenue, Philadelphia,
and left home to go to Cincinnati, but was trans
ferred and put On the Baltimore route, which
brought him on the nl-fated train this morning.
He said he thought the train struck the tower
just after the engineer whistled down the air
brakes.
The train to which the accident occurred was
what is known as the Cincinnati, St Louis, and
Chicago express. 1t was one OF the fast through
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio road. The con.
ductOr was Geo. Wheeler, an Old railroad man.
The train was composed or seven cars, an express
car, postal car, baggage car, smoker, an ordi-
nary passenger coach, and two sleepers, one from
Chicago, the other from st. Louis. As near as
ABOUT ty
the train. The car that lert the track urst
jumped the track in front or No. Oil LIST street.
A large piece OF iron was cut from the track, and
section OF the curbstone was pulled up.
The express-car was entirely destroyed, and a
number OF tubs OF butter and cases OF eggs were
fowls were in the cars, and number OF them were
also crushed, several barrels OF dead fowls being
picked up from the wreck. A number OF coops OF
chickens were broken open, and the boys OF the
neighborhood lost no time gathering them in,
until the police turned their attention to the
freight and scattered the crowd.
GATEMAN DENTS ACCOUNT.
Dennis Dent, the gateman ut the Delaware ave-
nue. end OF the "Y" lived In the house that was
covered with mud by the engine. Dent was on
train coming. II was whistl1ng down the brakes
for some distance, probably from the Boundary
ana the bell was ringing when the train entered
the "Y" going at full speed. He had lowered the
gates and Was waiting for the train to pass when
he hearda noise. An instant later the tower
fell. As the engine upset. boiling water ran into
his yard and through his house Fortunately his
wife was in the kitchen and was therefore not
Scalded. He went into the house TO look after his
family and had one OF his feet badly scalded
Dent said the engineer was buried under the en-
CINE and was not rescued from the scalding water
Ior ten or fifteen minutes after the accident oc-
CURED. He never spoke after the accident hap
pened.
WORKING AT THE WRECK.
The work at the wreck continued all day long
There was much excitement on account OF reports
that there were still persons buried under the de-
bris. Mr. Legge, the general superintendent of the
road In this city, was on the scene early 1nveSti
eating the accident. He said to o STAR reporter
that the accident was due undoubtedly TO failure
OF the air brakes TO work. Mr.. Legge was at noon
counted FOL, and that there was no one buried In
the debris.
IN THE sLEEPERS.
There were seven people in the st. Louis sleeper
and nine or ten In the Chicago sleeper but none in
these cars were injured seriously. The porter of
the ST. Louis sleeper, which was In front OF the
Chicago sleeper, stated to STAR reporter that he
heard the whistle, and saw that the train kept
going faster and faster, and knew something was
wrong. The conductor and brakeSmen, he
said, worked at the ordinary brakes on
Forty men, he said, could not have stopped the
train the way 1t was going. When the sleeper
went OF the track the wheels OF the forward truck
came up through the floor OF the car. Mr.. MCGEE,
one Of the brakemen on the train, who was on one
OF the sleeperS, said he screwed down the brakes
as tightly as he could when the whistles blew.
THE DEAD ENGINEER.
Broseus, the engineer who was killed, was one of
the Oldest and regarded one Of the most reliable
employees Of the road which he had served for more
than twenty years. His body was removed later
In no IN loo, lchp onf